Honiara vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Honiara	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1425	$689
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3423	$1829
🏠 One person rent	$850	$279
🏘️ Family rent	$1829	$398
🍽️ Food expenses	$450	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$29.6	$71.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$511	$813
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	6	53
😀 Quality of life	35	53
🏙️ Population	84.5K	8.78M

The cost of living in Honiara is 107% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 3693rd and 6882nd ($1425 vs $689) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 102nd in the Solomon Islands and China, respectively. Check the Solomon Islands vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Honiara compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Honiara ranked 1st best city to live in the Solomon Islands vs Quanzhou ranked 50th in China, while ranked 7770th and 6124th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Honiara vs Quanzhou

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	Honiara	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.49	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.8	$23.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.1	$5.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.52	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.17	$3.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.46	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$602	$186
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$581	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2264	$420
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1278	$321
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$247	$45.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$107	$11.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.82%	5.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1360	$7109
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$784	$1653
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$18.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.7	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.32	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.47	$1.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$1.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.38	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.99	$6.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.1	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.32	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.11	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$0.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.91	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.8	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.93	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.29	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$88.3	$48.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.5	$4.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.2	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$8.09
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.6	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$119	$505
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2339	$19406

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Cities near Honiara

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 69 mi	Auki	$1422
1036 km or 644 mi	Luganville	$2943
1253 km or 779 mi	Yaren	$744
1291 km or 802 mi	Port Vila	$1841
1404 km or 872 mi	Port Moresby	$537
1459 km or 906 mi	Lae	$522
1569 km or 975 mi	Paita	$1597
1575 km or 979 mi	Dumbea	$1597
1587 km or 986 mi	Noumea	$1648
1745 km or 1084 mi	Cairns	$1397
1786 km or 1110 mi	Townsville	$1249
1847 km or 1148 mi	Rockhampton	$1413
1849 km or 1149 mi	Gladstone	$1545
1879 km or 1167 mi	South Tarawa	$491
1894 km or 1177 mi	Bundaberg	$1621
1915 km or 1190 mi	Hervey Bay	$1756
2047 km or 1272 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1843
2060 km or 1280 mi	Caloundra	$1816
2093 km or 1301 mi	Caboolture	$1881
2098 km or 1304 mi	Lautoka	$599
2102 km or 1306 mi	Nadi	$752
2116 km or 1315 mi	Vaiaku	$574
2118 km or 1316 mi	Funafuti	$576
2133 km or 1325 mi	Brisbane	$2356
2158 km or 1341 mi	Ipswich	$1785
2172 km or 1350 mi	Southport	$2011
2177 km or 1353 mi	Gold Coast	$2152
2182 km or 1356 mi	Toowoomba	$1552
2216 km or 1377 mi	Suva	$849
2219 km or 1379 mi	Nasinu	$824
2222 km or 1381 mi	Majuro	$1316
2234 km or 1388 mi	Djarrit	$1316
2236 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
2260 km or 1404 mi	Jayapura	$446
2426 km or 1508 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
2495 km or 1550 mi	Armidale	$1354
2552 km or 1586 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
2743 km or 1705 mi	Newcastle	$1461
2794 km or 1736 mi	Dubbo	$1404
2846 km or 1768 mi	Dee Why	$1998

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$676
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$851
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$721
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$675
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$664
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$713
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$667
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$678
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$694
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$890
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$995
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$746
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$791
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$857
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$860
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$588
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$917
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$725
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$799
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$861
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$913
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$716
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1011
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1169
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$738
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$860
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$863
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$655
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$952
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$744
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$812
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$721
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$643
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$787
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$645
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$620
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$1083